Re: [Groff] Behviour of .write request

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Radek,

> ... typeset the article header where article is like chapter.
> ... play a games with numerci register counting articles, sections, ...
> .sp 5v
> \fCactual_page=\\n[actual_page], %=\\n[%]\fP
> .tm Article: \\$1, \\n[%]
> .\" Generate TOC entry
> .write toc .ta .25i 5i +.25iR
> .write toc \t\\n[article_number] \\$1 \a\t\\n[%],\\n[actual_page]
> .write toc .br
> ..
> 
> The problem is,  I see good numbers from \fCactual_page=
> But the numbers from .tm command are wrong and the numbers writtn into
> toc stream are also wrong.  They do not match.

Is that because \n% sometimes changes during the macro because it is
producing output?

    $ cat radek.tr
    .pl 5
    .nf
    .
    .de m
    1 \\n%
    2 \\n%
    3 \\n%
    ..
    .
    .m
    .m
    .m
    $ nroff radek.tr
    1 1
    2 1
    3 1
    1 1
    2 1
    3 2
    1 2
    2 2
    3 2

    $

Cheers, Ralph.